What kind of messages do you write to mods when you hit the alert button?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

do you quote for the DU message board rules?

do you write funny messages to the mods?

what do you do.

[Hugin]

1. It varies...

But, usually it's some explanation of why I hit the Alert Klaxon.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. They pretty much always start out, "Matcom has again......."

:rofl:

Nah, I just alert and say something like "Check this out - I think you'll find it worth deleting, or at least watching".

I dont' want to waste the mod's time with extra reading.

[matcom]

4. ...

:spray:

[reyd reid reed]

3. I've never alerted.

I don't like a thread, I just hide it. I don't like a particular poster, I just ignore them. Simple.

:shrug:

[jarab]

5. That's fine, and many people follow that course. However,

how many times have you (or another) stayed away for a day or two .... and suddenly realized what a task it is to "catch up" on the important issues once back?

Some consider it "ratting", but I don't subscribe to that connotation.
Moderators have to sleep, eat, take routine breaks, and occasionally meet up with emergencies. And, live their daily lives.
Thousands of posts a day and perhaps thirty people trying to keep some order - which is occasionally mandated. When that moderator signs back on, he has the same dilemma you or I have upon returning from a hiatus.
"What's going on? Where do I begin?"

The moderator might be greatly assisted by the accumulated "alerts" which might not have been attended. You see, you're not hurting the poster - who is potentially offending someone - you're helping those who moderate the board. The good of all over one.
The better the board is moderated, the greater likelihood the admins will have time to give us a better site to visit.

I alert the shit out of anyone screwing up the board; Nicely and pointedly I would hope - without writing essays, making duplicitous pleadings or defending my own peeves.

...O...

[Aristus]

6. Usually some variation or other of: "Ah, JEEZ! Lionesspriyanka is at it again!"

B-) O8)

[kwassa]

7. I keep it brief

I didn't alert for my first year or so on the board, but got tired of name-calling.

Usually a phrase, or less. I don't search for quotes. When I alert, it is usually so flagrant that I don't have to say anything, really.

[Radical Activist]

8. I've only alerted once.

I don't remember what it was. Most things don't bother me.

[Frank Cannon]

9. I just tell them to read the post

I figure if I have to explain it, it's probably not fair game for deletion/tombstoning.

[SeattleGirl]

10. I just post a short note regarding what I think is bad/wrong about

the post I am alerting on.

[terrya]

11. I always thank them.

I know how hard they work. I want to be as polite as possible. I hope I am.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. !!! Alerting !!!

Don' you know how rude it is to try to b polite?!
;-) :hug:

[terrya]

14. It's one of my character flaws, I guess.

:-)

:hug:

[ghostsofgiants]

13. I ususally just indicate that a rule is being violated.

Nothing too special.

[Spirochete]

15. On the rare occasions I alert

I say "please give me this person's address, so I can go bludgeon him with a 7-iron." They never give it to me, though.
:shrug:

[NMDemDist2]

16. mine usually say

FYI, may want to keep an eye on this one :hi:

truly, they almost all say that on the rare occasions I see something that needs alerting

since I don't do much time in GD or GD/P it's rare